COM 115
Best email to reach me:
oscar[a]blubee.com
Course Syllabus
Week 1: Welcome to your Mac
Exercise 1: Opening, saving and closing files with Illustrator
Digital Foundations, Chapter 1,
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_1_Sandbox
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Exercise 2: become an expert user on the web
Digital Foundations, Chapter 2, http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_2_Sandbox
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Google Image Search (w/ Advanced Search)
Get a real email account (with a name that is not xxxjonzz1991xxx@aol.com)
ASSIGNMENT:
- get USB drive
- bring in something to scan next week
- bring in digital camera (if you have one)
Week 2: Scanning and Digital Cameras
Exercise 3: Scanning with photoshop
Digital Foundations, Chapter 7,
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_7_Sandbox
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Lab time for student scanning
Week 3: Drawing Shapes: Illustrator
Exercise 4: Color + Illustrator Basics (w/ Albers)
Digital Foundations, Chapter 5,
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_5_Sandbox
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Week 4: Digital Imaging: Photoshop
Exercise 6: Tonal Range
Exercise 7: Color Correction
Digital Foundations, Chapter 8,
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_8_Sandbox
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Topics for Quiz #1:
. Pixel bitmap (raster) files
. Vector files
. Bezier curve
http://www.khulsey.com/adobe-illustrator-paths-pen-tool.html
. Basic shortcuts: Command + O, Command + S, Command + Z
. File extensions: .ai .psd .jpg .eps
. Resolution, dpi or pixels/inch
. Identify the following tools in Illustrator:
Selection tool, Direct selection tool, Pen tool, Rectangle / Ellipse / Star tool, Fill & Stroke color
. Why you should avoid spaces when naming your files
. Fair use of images
. Appropriation of images
. Creative Commons License
. What is the public domain
Week 5: Web Design: Dreamweaver
Exercise 8: Hello World
Digital Foundations, Chapter 15,
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_15_Sandbox_CS4
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Week 6: Web Animation: Flash **** LAST CLASS
Exercise 8: Elements of Motions
Digital Foundations, Chapter 18, http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_18_Sandbox
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Quiz #3
HTML (Chapter 15 Sandbox CS4)
- Anatomy of HTML know where a tagname, attribute, value and content are.
- Know the most basic tags of HTML and their order: html, body and text content (from reading above).
Week 7: Uploading & Final Exam ***** NOT COVERED*********
Exercise 10: Getting it out there
Blogging Basics
how to set up a blogging account w/ Wordpress
Upload to Flickr
Create free account
Upload image
Tag image
Web Hosting
how to set up a web hosting account w/ Dreamhost
Final Exam
Learning Goals
• Students will gain an understanding of the software applications used in the Communications program, and which types of files and design situations require the specific applications.
• Students will develop basic competency in the core design applications.
• Students will begin to build aesthetic composition skills.
Learning Assessment Plan
Students will be asked to define key terms and explain key concepts in quizzes and exams. The final exam will have questions that test skills in each design application.Final exam questions will present a range of tasks asking student to properly identify the software application in order to complete the exam. A selection of these exam questions will be used as a data set to assess outcomes.
Coursework and exercises are built around aesthetics and composition. The final exam questions will focus on aesthetics and composition. A selection of these exam questions will be used as a data set to assess outcomes.
CUNY College of Staten Island
Department of Media Culture – Fall 2012
COM 115 – Introduction to Design and Digital Media Environments
Th 4:40pm – 6:20pm
Course Information
Introduces students to the fundamental tools, skills, and principles that are a prerequisite to using a computer for graphic design, digital imaging, and Web design. Students will be instructed in the computer’s operating system, and introduced to the basic software programs and peripheral devices. This course is the prerequisite for all COM production courses.
Grading Criteria:
We will be covering a great deal of information at a fast pace, so attendance is a strong determinant to your grade and is important to being informed about assignments. College of Staten Island Attendance Policy states that on your 2nd absence your grade will be reduced by one full letter grade. On your 3rd absence, you will receive a WU (withdrew unofficially). Tardiness beyond 10 minutes is counted as an absence.
Projects: Projects are due on the assigned date, emailed to the professor before the beginning of class. NO EXCEPTIONS. Each day it is late the project grade will be reduced one letter grade.
Revisions: I encourage you to revise projects that we have a critique on. Finished projects turned in on time have one week to revise these projects and resubmit them. The grade for the assignment will be the average of the original and revised grades.
Scale:
Participation – 10%
Quizzes – 50%
Midterm – 20%
Final Examination – 20%
Classroom Policie
No food or beverage allowed in lab at any time.
No private software is to be brought to lab or loaded onto school computers.
No games are allowed in lab
You may only listen to music during work periods if you use headphones.
No cell phone use during class.
No social network use unless its project specific.